ScorchCrafter DAW VST/AU Plug-in

Welcome to the official website for the ScorchCrafter
DAW Plug-in, an open-source virtual guitar amplifier head with source
code available under GPL terms, and the plug-in itself available as a
Windows VST and (soon) an AU for Mac.

This software is freely available - If you paid any money for this
product, or for a download link, you are the victim of a scam or trick
of some kind, and none of what you paid has gone to the people who
develop it. Please note, however, that this software may be
distributed with another product (such as being bundled with a computer
software magazine publication, for example) without violating the
license (The FAQ has more information on this). If you did
get this product from such a third-party source, please be aware it
might not be the most recent and up-to-date version. The
latest versions can be downloaded from links from this site and
SourceForge.

If, by chance, you don't know what a VST or AU is, or have no idea how
a host for such a thing works, or even what DAW software is, you
probably wouldn't be able to do anything with this software and
wouldn't need to download it (especially if you don't play guitar!).

Feature highlights:

64-bit internal processing multi-stage distortion

Two input EQ filters

Two stages of output EQ tone stack

High-gain and grundge/semi-clean channels

Should work on older machines as well, advanced CPU instructions not required (SSE, SSE2, etc.)

Independent oversampling controls for both online and offline audio processing

Oversampling up to 16x internally, also with "mute" and "bypass" settings

Should run in most 32-bit DAW hosts as well (support for v2.4 VSTs required)

GPL license only applies to plug-in itself - any audio created is 100% YOURS

Runs at sample rates from 44,100 Hz (minimum) up to 768,000 Hz (max can be changed with recompile of source code)

Used to be (but is no longer) a closed-source freeware experiment for a long time, now open source starting with version 3.x

This site is rather new, and some of the pages here are temporary and
under construction - Please be patient and excuse the mess as it is
being built and updated.

For now, if you need to contact the developers, the forum is
recommended.